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Taxonomy
Ambulyx Burmeister, 1855 [Invalid]
Nomenclature
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Tribe: AmbulyciniGenus: Protambulyx
Genus:
Ambulyx Burmeister, 1855
Usage:
invalid
Unacceptability Reason:
homonym & junior synonym
Reference:
Type data:
Type species: Sphinx strigilis Linnaeus, 1771, by subsequent designation by Fletcher & Nye, 1982, in Nye, Generic Names Moths of the World 4: 133.
Nomenclature notes:
A junior homonym of Ambulyx Westwood, 1847 (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) and an objective synonym of Protambulyx.
Ambulyx was a Boisduval manuscript name that was made available by Burmeister. Boisduval, 1870, Considérations Lépid. Guatemala: 68, incorrectly attributed the authorship of Ambulyx Burmeister, 1855 to himself.